When I was looking for a T a while back, before I found my wonderful one, a few of the ones I looked up said that they use "The Work" by Byron Katie as a part of their therapy approach. So curious as I am, I bought her book "Loving what is". I just finished reading it and I am so mad!! For anyone who is not familiar with her, that woman thinks EVERY problem we have can be solved with a technique of "enquiry" asking ourselves four questions to every problem we have. (For example: "My father didn't love me.")

Step 1 Is it true? (Yes or no. If no, move to 3.)

Step 2 Can you absolutely know that it's true? (Yes or no.)

Step 3 How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?

Step 4 Who would you be without the thought?

She believes everything can be healed by processing these questions. It basically put the blame, the responsibility, the bad feelings back onto the one who has the problem.

And then I came across the part where she talks about survivors of (childhood) sexual abuse. And simply put she says that the abuse was somehow "chosen" by us. That we did something to provoke it or make it happen in a way. Someone said that in one of her guru sessions she was very proud of a young woman who said she had written a letter to her father apologizing for being a "*****" as a child. Excuse me? Is this for real?
How can millions of people buy, support, believe and live after her stupid ideas? (Yes, judgmental, but I am angry right now!) How can therapists who are trained for years and years incorporate something in their practice by someone who has no psychological training whatsoever?

Does anyone know her work and what do you think?